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Be creative, and enjoy for years: DIY clothes projects for women. The french author Virginie Peny presents on her DIY blog many style ideas and fashion inspirations. Reinvent your closet!

Learn more about her concept of slow fashion. Find tips and creative projects for upcycling, recycling, sewing, embellishments on jackets, coats, jeans, dresses as well as accessories and jewelry. It’s not always about sewing. DIY clothes, accessories and shoes, jewelry, for home and for baby and children. Discover many interesting and stylish projects using wool, denim, leather and many other fabrics and materials like beads, sequins and feathers. Simple and easy tutorial ideas for you and your beloved. How to turn slim jeans into flare jeans, what to do from your old tee-shirts… Let her inspire you. Among her style influences, designers Dries Van Noten, Alexander Mc Queen, Carven and some more.
Follow Virginie Peny’s work and lifestyle on Facebook, Instagram and Youtube. She shares DIY videos on a regularly basis. Do more with less!
She has been featured in international magazines like ELLE and Grazia, and currently works for annabelle magazine in Switzerland.

From the party dress to the disco ball! This is the result of an upcycling I made some months ago. I kept the upper part of the dress to wear it as a top, and reuse the material rests for a new skirt. So excited to wear it tonight… For this year’s NRJ Fashion Night […]

This is a custom made top I realized about five years ago… And it looks as young as ever! I love ikaat prints like this one, but the tee-shirt was quite basic. Add long fringes and rivets on the shoulders, and here you go. >You will find my current favorite DIY ideas on annabelle blog! […]

This is surely one of my favorite trend this season: bold colors hints and patterns are invited for the closet ‘pArty’… Stil, I’m not feeling comfortable with the idea of wearing many colors at the same time in the daily life, I prefer it on one single piece. So this is the idea of today’s […]

Those white pants are quite old now, I was searching for a way to ‘pimp’ them only with a cool colorful detail. Done, with this simple idea. Just sewed a colorful zipper on each side. Seems to come back from the 90’s, what do you think? As usual this DIY project has been realized for […]

Even if I’m eager to discover the new spring-summer collections, winter sales are for me a kind of playground. This is the way I grab new stuffs, now bargains for the next DIYs. As I saw this checked item at Zara store, only in large sizes available, I thought that a jacket would be much […]

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Virginie Peny · DIY Blog

It all started with a sketchbook and a pen: One DIY blog to share creativity, style and conscious living.
For those who have been wondering how to get a better approach with clothing in the huge fashion industry, some answers might be released on this space. You will find here many ideas and inspirations to make the most of your garments, accessories and daily items. Each object can have a second life, it’s fascinating all you can do with less!
In fashion, timeless materials and shapes meet embellished details : among them, denim, wool, silk, velvet, embroideries, fringes, beads... There's so much to discover! You will see, sewing is not always necessary. Take your time, simply search for words or by month in the archives.
Be part of the journey ! With love, from Zürich.

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